Posted by Lamdage22 on October 27, 2012, at 1:02:30
Hello all,
first off, i wanna say i really appreciate the community here and to read the anecdotes combined/backed up with knowledge and facts. Through this board, i can get a much better idea of what something will be like and what i may need and what i dont need.
So i am scarcely coming back from a deep and severe depression and am scarcely beginning with dealing with the aftermath of it. It was quite traumatizing. I now go to university for the first time and am generally alot better. Really. Still a way to go..
Even if my depression is absent or cured even i still have to work like everyone else to build work, life and relationships. So im not like "yay all my problems are solved, ill be perfect from hereon after". Its more like:, "oh, look at the many ways my life suffered. I feel able to do something about it". I am anxious, but also exited in a good way.
I think it may work this time.
And will stay out of it.I am having rTMS sessions after classes at the time. Two sessions in right now/two per week for about 10-15 times. Also i am in weekly psychotherapy again and my out-of-box medication ideas are supervised by a psychiatrist again. (The one doing the rTMS). I seem to be in good hands.
Now my questions about:
BACOPA:
1. Does Bacopa or L-Theanine cause weight gain?
2. Is Bacopa and L-Theanine a nice combo for social anxiety, say, able to replace lyrica?
3. Can Bacopa and L-Theanine be dosed once a day with sustained effect, or does it need several doses? Please i need dosing advice.
4. Guesses about what i can expect with the combo?THYROID(T3):
1. How much can i expect from 50mcg Levothyroxine (T3) to counteract Nardil weight gain?
2. Can Thyroid dosage be increased over 50mcg?
3. How much is Thyroxine "Serotonergic"? Does it increase likelyhood of serotonin syndrome?REQUIP:
Dosing advice?SEROQUEL:
Could 25mg for sleep possibly have an impact on weight?AGOMELATINE:
Experiences with it? Good or bad?----------------------------------------
My CURRENT REGIMEN: The basics are: Nardil 60, Wellbutrin 150, Levothyroxine 50mcg, Lyrica 75mg, Sam-E 200 mg, NADH 20 mg, Mucuna Pruriens 700mg, 5-htp 100mg. As needed Xanax.
I do some guess work with it every day.FUTURE REGIMEN should look a little more like this:
Nardil 60mg, Levothyroxine, Requip, Bacopa, L-Theanine, Valdoxan, 25mg seroquel for sleep.
Of course some Meds of my old regimen need to go/ be decreased.. some may need to be kept. Im in the process of figuring out what needs to go and whats a keeper. I guess i will see how i feel throughout the transition.
I have time for the change, and i want it to be well considered and informed. By you guys, by myself using google, and by my Psychiatrist. He is cool and willing to help with out-of-the-box treatment if necessary.
I hope that the changes with the rTms come out nice. We (Pdoc+Me) are not doing all at once, but we realize i need to get OUT of depression and OUT of depressions aftermath.
Sincerely,
Julian
Ps.: I always will take a low dose pipamperone (sedating low potency antipsychotic) and 25mg of seroquel in the evening.
Further, i have Zyprexa, which KNOCKS out any "psychoticness" practically with the first pill.
PTSD from childhood, (atypical) Depression, Social Anxiety and Candidiasis!
poster:Lamdage22
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